From 1861 to 1890 the Munich publishing firm of Braun & Schneider published plates of historic and contemporary costume in their magazine "Munchener Bilderbogen." These plates were eventually collected in book form and published at the turn of the century in Germany and England. Now, this volume presents all 125 large, double-spread plates from the third English edition, put into chronological order for the first time and for the first time with English captions.